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2009/12/10 20:19:40 網誌分類: 波經

10 Dec

Olympiakos 1 Arsenal 0

Yes I have watched the full game last night instead of Barcelona although Barcelona was 1 nil down after 2 minutes..

I can conclude flwg after 93 mins:

Fabianski could be the next No.1 goalkeeper although he conceded the goal which he should have done better..but he made two saves on one against one basis and he can handle the high ball very well.

Ramsey and Song both played a good game last night , Ramsey played an advance position in midfield and have given two good passes to Vela but both opportunities were completely wasted by Vela.

Wilshere cannot make any impact and was substituted in 75 mins. He should play more games and get used to those physcial confrontation and hopefully he will be on loan next january.

Bartley , the captain of Reserve , played ok except he was responsible for the goal conceded . As this game is his debut and his physical size is one advantage so he should keep playing and try to breakthrough the 1st team considering there will be vacancy of central back in near future , after Sanderos leaves the team.

Walcott's 1st touch is awful as usual , and his final pass just cannot make it... I don't know how many more games he needs to pick up his form but for time being he is very uneffective ..

Vela was given two golden opportunities , 1st one was wasted by his right foot and 2nd one was shooted over the bar by his left foot..Sorry if Vela cannot socre against Greek team I just wonder when he will score against premier team ..

Overall this young team showed the same style of 1st team but the same problem here is no striking force who can score a goal after 60 pct possession.

Next game is at Anfield on sunday against Liverpool.

Tinkering Rafa is Arsenal's best bet at Anfield

By Myles Palmer

Sunday is a must-win game for Liverpool.

Arsenal lost narrowly in Athens last night, while Liverpool, already relegated to the Europa Cup, were beaten by Fiorentina's late goal after leading through a Benayoun goal in 43 minutes.

So, while Arsenal's kids lost by 1-0, Liverpool were beaten 2-1.

Yet again a Rafa Benitez substitution make no sense.

It was 1-1 with 5 minutes to go, and Fiorentina had just brought on Vargas for Jorgensen, who had equalised, so Rafa brought on Aurelio for Mascherano, and when Vargas broke on the left and crossed low, the unmarked Gilardino knocked in the winner in the 90th minute.

Mascherano could not tackle Gilardino. He was sitting on the bench

Liverpool's full back play is absolutely dire. And Rafa has bought 17 full backs in his five years at Anfield.

Aquilani played 75 tidy minutes in his first start since arriving from Roma for £20 million in August.
If Aquilani plays the next 25 games he will score 5 goals and make 5, at least.

Aaron Ramsey looked good in a toothless young Arsenal side who dominated possession.

When centreback Kyle Bartley missed a tackle in centrefield, midfielder Leonardo burst inside Kerrea Gilbert into acres of space, Song couldn't catch him, and the Brazilian slotted through the legs of the advancing Fabianski in 47.

When Ramsey broke beautifully on the left, looking as elegant as Platini once did, his tasty pass was wasted by Vela, who also poked another good chance over the bar.

I've never thought the flicky Mexican would make it. Walcott played 90 minutes for the first time this season but I don't think he will go to South Africa.

There will come a point where Wenger has to own up on Vela and Walcott.

Sunday will be interesting and Stevie G admits Liverpool must finish in the top four, although they will try to win the Europa Cup for the fans.

The draw for the last 16 is on Friday at 11 a.m.

Surprisingly, of all last night's Champions League clubs, Fiorentina have the most points from six group games. Inter and Stuttgart have the least :

Fiorentina 15 points
Arsenal 13
Lyon 13
Sevilla 13
Barcelona 11
Olympiakos 10
Inter 9
Stuttgart 9

OLYMPIAKOS (4-4-1-1): Nikopolidis; Galitsios, A Papadopoulos, Mellberg, Raul Bravo; Galletti, Dudu (Domi, 86), Maresca, Leonardo; Oscar (Pantos, 90); Mitroglou. Subs not used: Pardo (gk), K Papadopoulos, Zairi, Georgios, Pantos, Katsikogiannis.

ARSENAL (4-3-3): Fabianski; Gilbert, Bartley, Silvestre, Cruise; Ramsey, Song Billong, Merida; Walcott, Wilshere (Sunu, 77), Vela. Subs not used: Mannone (gk), Coquelin, Eastmond, Ayling, Randall.

Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal).

Dec 10, 2009

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Wilshere and Szczesny give Arsenal far more authority and guts

By Myles Palmer

Arsenal 2 Barcelona 1

Villa 26, Van Persie 78, Arshavin 83

____________________________

The key player in the Nou Camp will be Szczesny.

So pray that nothing happens to Arsenal’s goalkeeper between now and Tuesday, March 8th.

Barcelona’s style is cleverly-timed runs onto sharp little passes, which ｃｒｅａｔｅs a lot of one-on-one chances with the keeper.

Wojciech Szczesny’s fine positional judgement makes him a master of making opponents shoot into the side-netting or just past the post.

On the goal, he was a bit unlucky because David Villa, a razor finisher in these situations, slotted between his legs.

By contrast, he got lucky on the loose ball after his save, when the scrambling Messi headed in but was flagged offside. Messi wasn't offside.

For me, Szczesny was Arsenal’s best player last night for that reason. Making Messi miss was the name of the game.

Yes, Koscielny played his finest game in an Arsenal shirt.

Yes, Jack Wilshere played with remarkable authority at the heart of the team. England need to play Jack football, Fabio - not Capello football.

Yes, of course, CL knock-out ties are a game of four halves.

Arsenal lost the first half 1-0 and won the second half 2-0 and halves three and four will roll round 20 days from now.

Arsenal raised their tempo after half-time and the game turned on 68 when Keita and Arshavin came on.

Keita replaced Villa to stiffen Barca's midfield, which was running out of steam, and allowed young Busquets to go ball-hunting further up the field.

Arshavin’s arrival (for Song) allowed him to link in a cool manner with Clichy, who played a killer ball forward into the box with his right-foot and gave Van Persie a chance to hit a mighty left-foot shot on the half- volley inside the near post of Victor Valdes for 1-1.

Valdes has always had flaky moments. That blunder by allowed Arsenal back into a game that Barcelona were still playing mostly in Arsenal's half.

Still, defending deeper can be good. You can only counter-attack if your opponents are in your half of the field. You can attack too much in a game. If you attack less, you often score more.

Frankly, Fabregas, Eboue and Walcott had been crap.

All three played crap. Only a blinkered, badge-kissing nincompoop would say any of those three played well last night.

Arsenal had nothing on the right flank but now, suddenly, that was where the winning goal came from after a fabulous move.

The cool Koscielny picked up the ball in his penalty area, passed to Bendtner, who passed infield to Wilshere, then quickly forward to Fabregas, who instantly released Nasri with a superb ball down the right flank.

Nasri could have tried the obvious with a low cross to the far post but chose instead to play a lovely pass which allowed Arshavin to curl his sidefoot shot behind Abidal and into the net from 15 yards.

That quality goal gave Arsenal their first victory against Barcelona and it set the seal on the pulsating, rocking, thrilling night that the Emirates has needed since 2006.

Sporting Gijon was a factor last night because game was much harder than the Wolves game was for Arsenal .

After two and half years of staggering success, and intensifying pressure, Barcelona are showing signs of burn-out, so Pep has to husband his resources very carefully.

Coming back off an international break, which is mostly where Barcelona ｄｒｏｐ their points, he conceded an early goal at Gijon in a game that was very passionate, intense and physical, since Gijon are fighting for their lives just above the drop-zone.

I was really enjoying the game but as the second half went on I was thinking : This is taking a lot out of Barcelona !

Indeed, it was a helluva battle that was taking a lot out of both sides.

Just as the commentators began to say that David Villa was about to be taken off, he glided onto a wonder-pass from Messi and chipped the keeper from the edge of the box and it finished 1-1.

Success brings a heavy schedule.

The more games you win, the more the pressure is on you. To handle that you need character and guts. Wilshere and Szczesny have given the team a lot more personality and authority than it had last year.

Big characters, big difference.

As Rufus Thomas said, age ain’t nothin’ but a number.

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ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Eboue, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy; Song (Arshavin, 67), Wilshere; Walcott (Bendtner, 77), Fabregas, Nasri; Van Persie. Subs not used Almunia (gk), Rosicky, Denilson, Squillaci, Gibbs. Booked Song, Nasri, Van Persie

BARCELONA (4-3-3): Valdes; Alves, Pique, Abidal, Maxwell; Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta (Adriano, 88); Pedro, Messi, Villa (Keita, 67). Subs not used Pinto (gk), Bojan, Mascherano, Milito, Afellay. Booked Iniesta, Pique (misses second leg)

Possession :Arsenal 47% Barcelona 53%

Shots on target Arsenal 8 Barcelona 7

Man of the match: Szczesny.

Referee Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Crowd 59,927.

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